Welcomes, Wins and Waffles – The Print Show review

September 23, 2024

Eye on Display’s The Print Show review, where there were warm welcomes, lots of sales and even more waffles

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You missed a treat if you didn’t make it to The Print Show. If you did go, you no doubt enjoyed a full and bustling Hall 17, with a range of companies covering small and large format print, web services, finishing services and more. You may even have enjoyed a waffle or two.

The Print Show Review

Kathryn and I visited as many stands as we could to bring you an overview of the exciting new products being launched, companies investing in great new equipment and a general feel for the event as a whole.

Two new customers for Liyu UK

Richard McCombe of Graphic Warehouse on why he has purchased a new Liyu Platinum XL Hybrid.

And Perfect Colours and Liyu announced that Print Factory had also purchased an XL Hybrid.

European Launch of new Mimaki Printers on the Hybrid Services stand

Andrew Gregory, Hybrid’s Sales Director, tells us all about the new Mimaki printers, a new Kebab for the UJF and the latest DTF solutions.

A host of great applications on the swissQprint stand

Erskine Stewart, Managing Director of swissQprint UK is excited to show us the huge range of applications that the Kudu and other swissQprint machines can deliver.

Nova Chrome UK enjoys the show with Mutoh

Ryan Connolly, Managing Director of Nova Chrome UK, tells us how great the show was for them, including successful conversations on the Mutoh range.

Fujifilm shows its huge range of print solutions

From the very smallest Instax prints to the Acuity Prime Hybrid large-format printer, Mark Stephenson gives us a great tour of the Fujifilm stand.

First UK showing of the Agfa Anapurna Ciervo

Philip Van der Auwera, Marketing Manager Sign and Display at Agfa NV tells us why the Agfa Anapurna Ciervo H3200 is such a great machine.

Several DTF and UV printers sold on the Inktec Europe stand

Sarah Hall, Sales Executive for Inktec Europe, gives us a great tour of the stand and reveals that several DTF solutions were sold during the show.

CMYUK returns to The Print Show

Chris Martin, Sales Manager at CMYUK, shows us the JWEI Cutter and Canon M-Series on their stand.

New products and more on Vivid’s largest ever UK stand

Lewis Evans tells us about the new machines and the amazing innovations included in them at The Print Show.

China Print Supplies makes its debut

Scott Clutton, Director at China Print Supplies tells us why he set up the company and how the products have been received at The Print Show.

Kirsty Corcoran. Marketing Manager for Very Displays, shows us the amazing new modular lightbox system they unveiled at the show.

VB Media presents its value solution

Wayne Bodimeade from VB Media gives us a quick overview of the company and why it offers such great value to its customers.

Print to digital with BlueToad Publishing

Les Csonge provides an overview of BlueToad Publishing

A view from organisers and partners

Tim Hall from The Print Show tells us how happy he was with how the show went and how he is looking forward to the Sign Show

BSGA’s Craig Brown reflects on the show, some great conversations with existing and potential members and his thoughts on the Sign Show.

And finally… a fond farewell

Carys Evans, outgoing editor of Signlink and Print Monthly reflects on her time with Link, how the show went and looking to the future for her new career in PR.

Well done to everyone involved with The Print Show. We look forward to next year and also to the new Sign Show.